to become unfit for offering through offensiveness

זָהַם(b. h.; cmp. זהה) ( to be glistening; cmp. צחן a. צחח)) to be filthy, smell offensively, be offensive.Part. זוֹהֵם, or part. pass, זָהוּם. Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41c bot. ר״ל אמר ככוס ז׳ (not בכוס) R. L. says, It is like drinking out of an offensive cup; השותה בכוס ז׳וכ׳ he who drinks (sacred wine) out of Y.Nidd.IV, end, 51b דם נידה זהום (Tosef. ib. IX, 10 זוהם; Bab. ib. 65b) the blood of a menstruant is sticky (or ill-smelling). Pi. זִיהֵם 1) to smear plants with rancid oil for keeping off vermin, (oth. opin.: to cover a wound in a tree with dung and tie it up. Shebi. II, 4. Y. ib. 33d (expl. מְזַהֲמִין of Mish.) מתלעין to keep the worms off. Ib. המְזַהֵם אינווכ׳ oiling a plant is merely like appointing a watchman (it does not advance growth). Y.Sabb.VII, 10a top, v. בָּחַל II.Part. pass. מְזוּהָם f. מְזוּהֶמֶת ill-smelling, filthy, offensive. Bekh.VI, 12 ומז׳ and an animal of offensive smell or sight. Ber.53b מז׳ an offensive-looking priest. Y.Gitt.VIII, 49d top מז׳ היא מלפניו she is disgusting to him (on account of her conduct); a. e.Pl. מְזוּהָמִים, מְזוּהָמִין; fem. מְזוּהָמוֹת. Ber. l. c. ידים מ׳ smelling hands (after a meal, when not perfumed). Lev. R. s. 16; Esth. R. to III, 1 מה … מ׳וכ׳ as ordure is offensive, so is he (the leper); a. e. 2) to declare unfit for priestly or levitical service ( or connection), to reject. Bekh.47a אין מְזַהֲמִיןוכ׳ the child is not rejected (as the child of a gentile).Y.Yeb.X, 11a; XIII, 13d bot. ואיןב״ד מזהמין אותה but the court does not declare her unfit to marry a priest. 3) (v. זוֹהֲמָא) part. pass. מְזוּהָם, pl. מְזוּהָמִין inclined to lasciviousness, unchaste. Sabb.145b bot. Hif. הִזְהִים to become unfit for offering through offensiveness. Pesik. Vayhi, p. 10a> לא הִזְהִימוּ (perh. to be read הוּזְהָמוּ Hof.; (Yalk. Num. 713 הוזמו, expl. הוסמו, corr. acc., or הוּמָמוּ as Num. R. s. 12, end, a. e., v. Bub. note to Pesik. l. c.).

זָהַם(b. h.; cmp. זהה) ( to be glistening; cmp. צחן a. צחח)) to be filthy, smell offensively, be offensive.Part. זוֹהֵם, or part. pass, זָהוּם. Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41c bot. ר״ל אמר ככוס ז׳ (not בכוס) R. L. says, It is like drinking out of an offensive cup; השותה בכוס ז׳וכ׳ he who drinks (sacred wine) out of Y.Nidd.IV, end, 51b דם נידה זהום (Tosef. ib. IX, 10 זוהם; Bab. ib. 65b) the blood of a menstruant is sticky (or ill-smelling). Pi. זִיהֵם 1) to smear plants with rancid oil for keeping off vermin, (oth. opin.: to cover a wound in a tree with dung and tie it up. Shebi. II, 4. Y. ib. 33d (expl. מְזַהֲמִין of Mish.) מתלעין to keep the worms off. Ib. המְזַהֵם אינווכ׳ oiling a plant is merely like appointing a watchman (it does not advance growth). Y.Sabb.VII, 10a top, v. בָּחַל II.Part. pass. מְזוּהָם f. מְזוּהֶמֶת ill-smelling, filthy, offensive. Bekh.VI, 12 ומז׳ and an animal of offensive smell or sight. Ber.53b מז׳ an offensive-looking priest. Y.Gitt.VIII, 49d top מז׳ היא מלפניו she is disgusting to him (on account of her conduct); a. e.Pl. מְזוּהָמִים, מְזוּהָמִין; fem. מְזוּהָמוֹת. Ber. l. c. ידים מ׳ smelling hands (after a meal, when not perfumed). Lev. R. s. 16; Esth. R. to III, 1 מה … מ׳וכ׳ as ordure is offensive, so is he (the leper); a. e. 2) to declare unfit for priestly or levitical service ( or connection), to reject. Bekh.47a אין מְזַהֲמִיןוכ׳ the child is not rejected (as the child of a gentile).Y.Yeb.X, 11a; XIII, 13d bot. ואיןב״ד מזהמין אותה but the court does not declare her unfit to marry a priest. 3) (v. זוֹהֲמָא) part. pass. מְזוּהָם, pl. מְזוּהָמִין inclined to lasciviousness, unchaste. Sabb.145b bot. Hif. הִזְהִים to become unfit for offering through offensiveness. Pesik. Vayhi, p. 10a> לא הִזְהִימוּ (perh. to be read הוּזְהָמוּ Hof.; (Yalk. Num. 713 הוזמו, expl. הוסמו, corr. acc., or הוּמָמוּ as Num. R. s. 12, end, a. e., v. Bub. note to Pesik. l. c.).